Being “in it to win it”

BBC Countryfile Magazine awards 2017

 Just like the Oscars and the BAFTA’s it seems as if the award season for books is focused at the same time of the year.  Firstly, thank you to all of you who took time to vote in the TGO Reader Awards (hopefully for The Wainwrights in Colour) the competition…

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The news is spreading….

Andy Beck press cuttings

No one could have told me just how time consuming it would be to sell The Wainwrights in Colour book after publication- but then no one has produced a book quite like this. Since May my time has been almost totally given over to the continual promotion and selling of…

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Exciting times continue.

TGO Awards 2017

Apologies for the lack of recent posts on this site recently. Not only am I still very involved with The Wainwrights in Colour Book, giving talks and presentations but also doing the background research on the next project. More news on that will follow shortly. However, I am honoured to…

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And the winner could be……

TGO awards 2017

Well it is certainly busy here at the minute, things have hardly calmed down since The Wainwrights in Colour Book was launched back in May. The intervening five months have seen me fulfilling all the orders for the book both from private individuals as well as multiple orders from the…

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Last of the many

Cockermouth-MRT

Yet another busy week has gone by but with a special twist. These weeks are still busy with all things focused on The Wainwrights in Colour Book, any chance of a holiday hasn’t come over the horizon yet but needs must. The highest priority is to fulfill orders and commitments…

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Spreading the word

Andy Beck at J R Nicholls Books

The end of another busy week. Even though I have been able to get back out on to the fells recently, including a rather good afternoon out on to Low Fell last week. (details to follow shortly)  Much of my time has been taken up with the promotion and distribution…

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Talking the talk

Andy Beck talk Bowes village 5

 As best that I could I included details in The Wainwrights in Colour Book as to how I conceived the whole idea, worked out a system and then took ten years to complete the project from start to finish. Most importantly though the book was produced to feature all of the…

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The reviews are in!

The Wainwrights in Colour Book inside

 Things haven’t slowed down much here since the launch of The Wainwrights in Colour Book with my days being taken up with processing orders, dispatching books, answering emails and preparing for future events and talks. There is no time yet for days out in the dale or for taking many photographs.…

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